Python Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 37 15
Rank change year-on-year +8 -22 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 337 249 414
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.63% 6.47% 8.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.72% 37.11% 30.46%
Number of salaries quoted 223 100 209
10th Percentile £41,900 £40,218 £38,396
25th Percentile £50,375 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.19% -16.30%
75th Percentile £68,750 £79,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,097 671 1,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.08% 17.42% 27.88%
Number of salaries quoted 859 396 842
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,765 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,063 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Python job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxfordshire +6 169 £62,500 -3.85% 191
Berkshire +11 108 £62,500 +31.52% 180
Buckinghamshire -9 60 £52,500 -4.55% 43
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.08%) Confluence
1 7 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.19%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.19%) SAS
3 2 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.59%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
Applications
1 27 (8.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.78%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.19%) Simulink
4 3 (0.89%) Mathematica
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.30%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.30%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (1.78%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.30%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 134 (39.76%) Azure
2 117 (34.72%) AWS
3 48 (14.24%) Power Platform
4 42 (12.46%) Azure AI
5 29 (8.61%) GitHub
6 26 (7.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 20 (5.93%) Amazon EKS
8 19 (5.64%) GCP
9 17 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (5.04%) Serverless
10 16 (4.75%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (4.15%) Amazon EC2
12 14 (4.15%) Cloudflare
13 13 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (3.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (2.97%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (2.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 9 (2.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 9 (2.67%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (9.79%) DNS
2 30 (8.90%) Firewall
3 17 (5.04%) VPN
4 14 (4.15%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.97%) DHCP
5 10 (2.97%) Wireless
6 9 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.37%) SSL
8 7 (2.08%) VLAN
9 6 (1.78%) HTTP
9 6 (1.78%) MQTT
10 5 (1.48%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.59%) IPv4
11 2 (0.59%) IPv6
11 2 (0.59%) SNMP
11 2 (0.59%) WireGuard
12 1 (0.30%) DNSSEC
12 1 (0.30%) Network Security
12 1 (0.30%) NGN
12 1 (0.30%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (13.65%) Power BI
2 27 (8.01%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (7.12%) Tableau
4 15 (4.45%) Relational Database
5 12 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.26%) Metadata
6 11 (3.26%) MongoDB
6 11 (3.26%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.26%) SQL Server
7 10 (2.97%) Star Schema
8 9 (2.67%) Amazon QuickSight
8 9 (2.67%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.67%) DynamoDB
8 9 (2.67%) Snowflake Schema
9 7 (2.08%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.78%) Airbyte
11 5 (1.48%) MySQL
12 4 (1.19%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.19%) Redis
13 2 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 50 (14.84%) Git
2 20 (5.93%) Jenkins
3 19 (5.64%) GitLab
4 14 (4.15%) JIRA
5 9 (2.67%) JMeter
5 9 (2.67%) JUnit
6 8 (2.37%) LabVIEW
6 8 (2.37%) Mockito
7 6 (1.78%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.48%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.19%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.19%) PetaLinux
10 3 (0.89%) MLflow
10 3 (0.89%) Mocha
10 3 (0.89%) Polyspace
10 3 (0.89%) Selenium
10 3 (0.89%) VectorCAST
11 2 (0.59%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.59%) Eclipse RCP
12 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
General
1 124 (36.80%) Social Skills
2 35 (10.39%) Manufacturing
3 33 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.01%) Finance
5 17 (5.04%) Aerospace
6 12 (3.56%) Retail
7 11 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.26%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.97%) Electronics
9 9 (2.67%) Automotive
9 9 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.08%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.48%) Legal
12 4 (1.19%) Banking
12 4 (1.19%) Marketing
13 3 (0.89%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (0.89%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.59%) Aviation
14 2 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 90 (26.71%) Software Engineer
2 79 (23.44%) Python Engineer
3 68 (20.18%) Senior
4 63 (18.69%) Python Software Engineer
5 46 (13.65%) Analyst
6 44 (13.06%) C++ Software Engineer
7 29 (8.61%) C# Software Engineer
8 25 (7.42%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 25 (7.42%) AWS Engineer
8 25 (7.42%) Data Analyst
8 25 (7.42%) Developer
9 23 (6.82%) AWS Software Engineer
10 21 (6.23%) Data Engineer
10 21 (6.23%) Java Engineer
10 21 (6.23%) Junior
10 21 (6.23%) Junior Analyst
10 21 (6.23%) Junior Data Analyst
11 17 (5.04%) Cloud Engineer
12 16 (4.75%) Network Engineer
13 14 (4.15%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.98%) React
2 28 (8.31%) Terraform
3 19 (5.64%) REST
4 16 (4.75%) Django
4 16 (4.75%) JSON
5 12 (3.56%) HTML
5 12 (3.56%) Node.js
6 11 (3.26%) NumPy
6 11 (3.26%) Pandas
7 10 (2.97%) Spring
7 10 (2.97%) Spring Boot
7 10 (2.97%) Vue
8 9 (2.67%) XML
9 8 (2.37%) ActiveMQ
9 8 (2.37%) Apache Camel
9 8 (2.37%) FastAPI
9 8 (2.37%) Hibernate
9 8 (2.37%) jQuery
9 8 (2.37%) WireMock
10 7 (2.08%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.12%) Distributed Computing
2 21 (6.23%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (5.04%) Security Operations Centre
3 17 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.75%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (4.75%) Product Ownership
5 14 (4.15%) Algorithms
6 13 (3.86%) Cloud Native
7 12 (3.56%) Embedded Systems
7 12 (3.56%) Robotics
8 10 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.67%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (2.67%) IoT
10 8 (2.37%) Fibre Optics
10 8 (2.37%) Life Science
10 8 (2.37%) PKI
11 7 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
12 6 (1.78%) CCTV
12 6 (1.78%) CSOC
12 6 (1.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 73 (21.66%) Linux
2 37 (10.98%) Windows
3 7 (2.08%) Debian
4 4 (1.19%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.89%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (0.89%) Gentoo
5 3 (0.89%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (0.89%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (33.53%) AI
2 111 (32.94%) Software Engineering
3 93 (27.60%) CI/CD
4 85 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (21.96%) Agile
6 57 (16.91%) Business Intelligence
6 57 (16.91%) DevOps
7 46 (13.65%) Machine Learning
8 45 (13.35%) Analytics
9 42 (12.46%) Computer Science
10 35 (10.39%) Data Modelling
11 34 (10.09%) SIEM
12 33 (9.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (9.79%) Full-Stack Development
13 31 (9.20%) Test Automation
14 30 (8.90%) Containerisation
15 28 (8.31%) Mentoring
16 27 (8.01%) Cybersecurity
16 27 (8.01%) Vulnerability Management
17 26 (7.72%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 80 (23.74%) SQL
2 75 (22.26%) C++
3 59 (17.51%) C#
4 47 (13.95%) Java
5 46 (13.65%) JavaScript
6 43 (12.76%) PowerShell
7 37 (10.98%) Bash
7 37 (10.98%) TypeScript
8 15 (4.45%) MATLAB
9 12 (3.56%) Go
9 12 (3.56%) Shell Script
10 11 (3.26%) C
11 10 (2.97%) Rust
12 7 (2.08%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (1.78%) Groovy
14 5 (1.48%) Apex Code
15 4 (1.19%) Perl
15 4 (1.19%) Ruby
16 2 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 87 (25.82%) Degree
2 49 (14.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (12.76%) Azure Certification
4 42 (12.46%) Security Cleared
5 38 (11.28%) SC Cleared
6 31 (9.20%) Master's Degree
7 24 (7.12%) PhD
8 15 (4.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (2.97%) CISSP
10 7 (2.08%) CompTIA CySA+
11 6 (1.78%) GCIA
11 6 (1.78%) GIAC
11 6 (1.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.48%) CCNA CyberOps
12 5 (1.48%) CEH
13 3 (0.89%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.59%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.30%) GCIH
15 1 (0.30%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.72%) Data Quality
1 26 (7.72%) QA
2 15 (4.45%) GDPR
3 9 (2.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 6 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.48%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.19%) ECSS
7 3 (0.89%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.89%) IEC 61508
7 3 (0.89%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.59%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.59%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 46 (13.65%) Docker
2 20 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (5.64%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.45%) Active Directory
5 11 (3.26%) KVM
6 6 (1.78%) vSphere
7 2 (0.59%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.59%) Firmware
7 2 (0.59%) iptables
7 2 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (14.24%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.45%) Graylog
3 12 (3.56%) Ansible
4 10 (2.97%) Grafana
4 10 (2.97%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.67%) Kibana
6 8 (2.37%) Proxmox
6 8 (2.37%) ZABBIX
7 6 (1.78%) Argo
8 4 (1.19%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.19%) Packer
8 4 (1.19%) Podman
9 3 (0.89%) Istio
10 1 (0.30%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.30%) QRadar
10 1 (0.30%) WMI
Vendors
1 79 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.93%) VMware
3 12 (3.56%) Splunk
4 11 (3.26%) Databricks
5 9 (2.67%) CrowdStrike
5 9 (2.67%) Informatica
5 9 (2.67%) Talend
6 8 (2.37%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.37%) IBM
6 8 (2.37%) Veeam
7 6 (1.78%) New Relic
8 5 (1.48%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.48%) Cisco
8 5 (1.48%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.48%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.48%) Thales
9 4 (1.19%) Darktrace
9 4 (1.19%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.19%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.89%) NVIDIA